A Smart Community
Seminar

(In)Security in the Smart Community

Mark McArdle

Vice President, Internet Security Engineering

myCIO.com

About the Seminar

The emergence of Smart Communities on
the Internet offers society a potentially powerful new way to interact
with local neighbours, merchants and organizations. One of the major
benefits of a Smart Community is the ease in which citizens can gather
and share information that is specifically relevant in their locality. However,
with the sacred freedom of communication comes a dark side. Today, we
must come to terms with the new notions of identity, privacy and
integrity on the Internet. In the age of the LoveLetter Virus, and
widespread Denial of Service attacks, it is clear that the threats are
real. What should academia, industry, government and the citizenry do to ensure
that the Smart Community is a Safe Community?

About the Speaker

Mark McArdle has the overall
responsibility for the design and delivery of security and availability
products for myCIO.com. Mr. McArdle joined Network Associates in 1997
through the PGP Inc. acquisition. At Network Associates, he held
several senior management positions, most recently as VP, PGP Product Development, and
he was responsible for the development of the PGP desktop and server products, including
the PGPnet VPN client. Prior to Network Associates, Mr. McArdle was a
member of the Internet Client development team at Open Text Corp.,
where he developed one of the first Internet access desktop products.
He has also held development positions at MKS and at IBM Canada Ltd.
Mr. McArdle recently returned to Waterloo after nearly 4 years in Silicon
Valley. His R&D office next door to the University of Waterloo is responsible for
the design, development and testing of all myCIO.com security products
and services. Mr. McArdle received a BSc (1994) from the University of
Waterloo.

myCIO.com

myCIO.com offers businesses Web-based
network security solutions in the areas of anti-virus and firewall
protection, VPN capabilities and vulnerability assessment. Founded in
January 2000, myCIO.com is a Network Associates company, the world's
largest provider of anti-virus and security software for consumers and
corporations. As the world's eighth-largest software company, Network
Associates' 1998 revenue was $990 million. Web site: http://www.mycio.com

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Seminar Sponsorship

This seminar is sponsored by The
infraNET Project, University of Waterloo.

The infraNET Project, initiated by the
University of Waterloo in 1996, is a partnership to advance Web and
Internet technologies. Its founding partners are: LivePage (now part of
Janna Systems), MKS, Open Text, RIM, Sybase (Waterloo) and Waterloo
Maple.

We also gratefully acknowledge the
assistance of the Institute for Computer Research, University of
Waterloo.